(This is Reprinted with permission (see end of the article) from http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_27083.shtml)
Will the World Survive GM Cultures and the Damage to the Earth’s Eco-Systems?
By Siv O’Neall
Axis of Logic, June 15, 2008
Monsanto and the other major biotech companies – Syngenta, Bunge, Cargill, etc. – are all set on owning the world’s food supply. Monsanto is by [...]
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Posted in Motivation, Spirit on June 11, 2008 | Comments Off
If Only … We All Had a Sense of Humour… this is a beautiful song and a beautiful music video:
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Posted in Motivation, Spirit, tagged aikido, buddhism, martial arts, meditation, religion, Spirit, spirituality, Training, yoga on May 29, 2008 | Comments Off
I have been in a frenzied state of reading books by one spiritual teacher after another in the past 6 months… Eckhart Tolle, Chogyam Trungpa, Jiddu Krishnamurti… and so on… sorry for dropping so many names.
Late last week I hit the wall.
I was sitting in my living room at 7:00AM unable to sleep and wondering [...]
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Posted in Spirit, Training, tagged aikido, body, martial art, meditation, mind, mind-body, physical fitness, self-defense, Spirit, spirituality, Training, yoga on May 21, 2008 | Comments Off
What is Mind/Body Awareness?
I hear a lot of mention of “mind/body” everywhere today, in yoga articles, in fitness magazines, in news reports, I use the term myself in describing the martial art style I teach.
So what is “mind/body” actually?
In the martial art training I offer, I speak of developing mind/body awareness. We do not perform [...]
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I just finished reading “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle. I have to say that this has been one of the most insightful books I have read in my life.
The one word that comes to mind after taking in the information and knowledge offered by Eckhart Tolle is Honesty.
How honest are you to your [...]
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Posted in Spirit on May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
In the Summer of 1987, when I was a little 11 year old kid in Sunnyvale, California, Guns ‘N Roses came out with the song Welcome to the Jungle. The song was used in a Dirty Harry movie and was a huge hit. Today, the lyrics stick out as a reminder to us of the [...]
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We All Have a Life Purpose. Some may call it Destiny. How do you recognize it? It’s that deep desire you have longed for ever since you were a child. The voice inside you that was slowly silenced as you grew up and became an adult member of society.
Today. Reclaim Who You Are. Recognize and [...]
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Posted in Spirit on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
“Be Not Afraid”
I hope you are not wondering, “What is a martial arts instructor doing writing about spirituality all the time?” It is all interrelated in my view.
In the Summer of 1993, at age 16, I had the opportunity through a Catholic Church organization to travel to Madrid Spain to attend a Summer camp for [...]
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Posted in Spirit on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Music can be very spiritual, even if we don’t grasp the essence of spirit right away, music helps us to let go of thought and be present in the moment of Now:
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Posted in Spirit, Training on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Question: What do we do when people keep finding fault with us, disagreeing with us, being divisive and negative towards us despite our most positive and honest intentions?
As a martial arts instructor, my earliest experience with conflict was to combat an assault by assaulting the offender in return. “An Eye For An Eye” as the [...]
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